Re: Issue: Activating Find also defaults the search direction

On 12/19/22 23:41, Leif H Silli wrote:
> 0. Activate Find (via menu or shortcut)
> 1. Press Return/Enter to search for Foo downwards (default direction)
> 2. Click the Upwards button (this changes search direction to upwards)
> 3. Activate Find (either via menu or via shortcut)
> [4. Optional: Press Return to activate a single search.]
> 
> Expected outcome: That the Upwards button remains active [and thus, that 
> a search upwards is performed]
> 
> Actual outcome: Pressing Command + L activated the Downwards button. 
> Which, if you perform step 4, means that the search will b downwards 
> instead of upwards.
> 
> Comment:
> 
> I do not have this issue myself - I work with Find differently. But I 
> watched another person having this issue.

Sorry but the "Search" menu entries documented here

http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/_distrib/doc/help/searchMenu.html

notably Cmd+F="Search" (always downwards) and Cmd+Shift+F="Search 
Backwards" (always upwards), are deemed to be consistent and sufficient 
and will not be changed any time soon.


> 
> By comparison, activating the Find field of the Find & Replace element 
> tool, does not change the search direction.

Sorry but no, this is not the case. I cannot reproduce (at least on my 
Linux box) what would have been a bug of "Find and Replace Element".

As you can see it here,

http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/_distrib/doc/help/searchReplaceElementMenu.html

the "Find and Replace Element" menu entries are consistent with the 
"Search" menu entries.



> 
> That activating Find (via shortcut or menu) causes the search direction 
> to be defaulted, is simple to work around, but not very intuitive (even 
> if I guess it can also, for some, be a practical thing).
> 



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